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WF9 2GT

South Elmsall & South Kirkby · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
South Elmsall & South Kirkby
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF9 2GW 58 m
WF9 2SY 64 m
WF9 2GX 105 m
WF9 2SJ 115 m
WF9 2HT 140 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 2GT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 2
Latitude
53.595152
Longitude
-1.282903
British National Grid easting
447,559
British National Grid northing
411,190

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
South Elmsall & South Kirkby · E05016537
Parish or community
E04013431
Westminster constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth · E14001383
Output area
E00059803
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 044A · E01011860
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 044 · E02002481

Postcode source versions

Explore WF9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
11
Secondary
2

  1. Ash Grove Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    466 m

  2. South Elmsall Carlton Junior and Infant School

    Community school

    714 m

  3. Minsthorpe Community College

    Academy converter

    941 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,321
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 620
  • Criminal damage and arson 125
  • Anti social behaviour 105
  • Other theft 90
  • Public order 90

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WF9 2 residents
11,425

Age bands in WF9 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

1,931 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

1,229 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.4%

2,842 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.7%

2,986 residents

Age 65 and over
19.6%

2,198 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • WHITE ROSE SURGERY

    EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD

    ODS code B87016

    714 m

  • LANGTHWAITE SURGERY

    CHURCH VIEW HEALTH CENTRE, LANGTHWAITE RD, SOUTH KIRKBY, PONTEFRACT, WF9 3AP

    ODS code B87036

    1.9 km

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

    LANGTHWAITE ROAD, LANGTHWAITE GRANGE IND ESTATE, SOUTH KIRKBY, PONTEFRACT, WF9 3AP

    ODS code B87006

    1.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • South Elmsall Rail Station

    RLY · South Elmsall

    0.1 miles

  • Ash Grove

    BCT · South Elmsall

    0.1 miles

  • South Elmsall Rail Station

    RSE · South Elmsall

    0.1 miles

  • South Elmsall Rail Station

    RSE · South Elmsall

    0.1 miles

  • South Elmsall Rail Station

    RSE · South Elmsall

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 044A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,815 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

13 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. Ash Grove Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 466 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,321 published events cover 12 months, averaging 110.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 620 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.